CVE-2019-20053
An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the canUnpack function in p_mach.cpp in UPX 3.95 via a crafted Mach-O file.
02 Description
An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in the canUnpack function in p_mach.cpp in UPX 3.95 via a crafted Mach-O file.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 68.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-12-27 21:59Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 02:32Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-12-27
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ed19f7e5ed3528d1a63bfd0b07c4a95f93297b15e3c3bc22fd5fb7ef2cba0ac7
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/upx/upx/issues/314
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0163http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00003.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0180http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-02/msg00007.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 13
- upx-ucl Fixed in 3.96-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- upx-ucl Fixed in 3.96-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- upx-ucl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- upx-ucl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- upx-ucl No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.